When you sent me a plan, with the coasts, soundings, quicksands, and ports of England, you said that the enterprise of invading that country should be deferred till we had reduced the isles; that, having them, we could much more conveniently attack England; or that at least we should wait till we had got Antwerp.

As the city is now taken, I want your advice now about the invasion of England.

To cut the root of the evils constantly growing up there, both for God's service and mine, is desirable.

So many evils will thus be remedied, which would not be by only warring with the islands.

It would be an uncertain and expensive war to go to sea for the purpose of chastising the insolent English corsairs, however much they deserve chastisement.